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The Life of Christ
The Life of Christ
The Life of Christ
Museum of International Folk Art
DepartmentHispano

The Life of Christ

NameCross
Maker Eliseo José Rodriguez (1915 - 2009)
CultureHispano
Date1981
Place madeSanta Fe, New Mexico, United States, North America
MediumWood (sugar pine), straw, paint
Dimensions36 × 20 1/2 × 11/16 in. (91.4 × 52 × 1.8 cm)
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, bequest of Julain Garcia, A1986.565.2
Object numberA.1986.565.2
DescriptionCross with straw applique. 18 scenes depicting life of Christ. From base: 1) Garden of Eden; 2) Annunciation; 3) Visitation; 4) Birth of Christ; 5) Flight into Egypt; 6) Jesus in the Temple.
Straw appliqué cross
Eliseo José Rodriguez
1998
Noah's Ark
Jean Anaya Moya
2002
CANDELABRUM
CA 1960, STAFF
Straw appliqué cross
Eliseo José Rodriguez
2003
Sampler
Artist Not Recorded
1785
Savitri's Vow
Jamuna Chitrakar
Circa 2002
Luz de Oro (Light of Gold)
Diana Moya Lujan
September 2016
Straw appliqué cross
Monica Rodriguez
2005
Hooked rug for staircase in two sections
Evangeline (Eva) Coombs Coates
ca. 1935
Flight into Egypt/Huida a Egipto
Rafael Aragón
ca. 1850
CANDELABRUM
Herón Martínez Mendoza
CA 1960, STAFF